Coherent He-Nd-Sr isotope trends in high 3He/4He basalts: Implications for a common reservoir, mantle heterogeneity and convection

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 228, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 511-523

  Ellam, R M ^a   Stuart, F M ^a  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mantle convection; Mantle geochemistry; Mantle heterogeneity; Mantle plumes; North Atlantic igneous province; Radiogenic isotopes

Indexed keywords

OCEAN ISLAND BASALT (OIB); PICRITIC BASALTS;

BASALT; ISOTOPES; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

HELIUM;

BASALT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; RADIONUCLIDE;

EID: 10644292677     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.10.020     Document Type: Article

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